Redmond Puts Kings Name in Nomination
Senator Alvin O. King of Lake Charles was elected president pro tempore of the Louisiana Senate over Pike Hall of Shreveport by 22 to 16 on opening day. King fills the post vacated by Gilbert who resigned to become a district judge in his home parish. King had announced as an independent and drew administration support.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Alvin O. King
Lake Charles
Senate
Pike Hall
Shreveport
King
Gilbert
Assumption
Senate votes on president pro tem falls along party lines
The senate tabled two nominees for president pro tem. Supporters named Senator King Anderson and 22 others. Opponents named Senator Hall Boone and 16 others.
Opposition coalesces behind Senator Hall over pro tem vote
Critics rallied behind Senator Hall as the chamber prepared to elect a president pro tem after Senator D. N. Norwood of West Fe filed a motion. The scene centered on leadership selection and party dynamics within the legislature.
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D. N. Norwood
West Fe
Governor Plans Impromptu Talk After 11
Governor Long told the Associated Press he will deliver his biennial message to the legislature impromptu without prepared copy tomorrow morning. He will appear before a joint session as soon as the senate and house finish their current debate, joking about the Fournet fight.
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Baton Rouge
Long
Associated Press
Police Begin Brake Ordinance Enforcement in Monroe
Police chief H. D. Apgar announced immediate enforcement of the city brake testing ordinance. By noon more than 25 people were arrested for lacking brake certificates and were sent to headquarters after bond set at 25 dollars. About 1,200 residents had voluntarily complied in two months. testing was conducted on the old parish jail lot behind city hall with C. W. Dent assisting.
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H. D. Apgar
Apgar
Monroe
C. W. Dent
Parish
City Hall
Seven Rescued From Sinking Launch Off Bahamas
A sinking launch off Memory Rock in the Bahamas was rescued by the Edward L. Shea crew. Seven persons were saved and delivered to a coast guard station in Fort Lauderdale Florida. No details on the launch occupants or exact rescue time were provided.
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New York
Memory Rock
Bahama Islands
Edward L. Shea
Tidewater Oil Company
Coast Guard
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Family Heirlooms and Cash Taken in New Orleans
In New Orleans on May 12 Yeggs cracked the Hart Enterprise Electrical Co office on Baronne Street and stole about $10,000 in jewelry and cash from the Hart family. Jewelry valued at $9,000 and nearly $1,000 in money were taken from a smaller safe. A duplicate key and tools were used. a larger safe was targeted but not opened. Thieves also took $250 worth of goods from Frank's department store on South Rampart Street after entering through a skylight.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Frank's
South Rampart Street
Woman Communist to Run for Governor in Maryland
Elizabeth Gilman of Baltimore daughter of the late Daniel Gilman Johns Hopkins president was chosen by Maryland communists yesterday as candidate for governor in Hagerstown Maryland on May 12 with United Press reporting.
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Hagerstown
Elizabeth Gilman
Baltimore
Daniel Gilman
Johns Hopkins University
Maryland
Unknown Man Found Hanging on Billboard
Fingerprints and photographs of an unidentified man found hanging from a billboard rafters near Terminal Station in Atlanta were sent to Washington by Justice Department agents. The body resembled a man sought in the Mary Baker case and authorities said the man apparently hanged himself with all identification removed from clothing.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Terminal Station
Washington
Department of Justice
Mary Baker
Baker
Two Bandits and Racketeer Shot to Death in Chicago
Chicago police ambushed a gang of bandits at the beer and gambling resort owned by racketeer Jack Hayes. Five officers waited in tension as the robbers entered, with a gun battle ending in the deaths of two bandits and a racketeer. Officer Joseph Altemmis was mortally wounded. Hayes was killed by a bandit upon entering his bedroom.
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Chicago
State’s Attorney’s Office
Jack Hayes
Joseph Altemmis
Hayes
Kansas Town Chief and Two Deputies Quit Over Bootleg Bribe Probe
In Cofrfeyville Kansas on May 12 federal prohibition agents confronted Chief B E Hackney two officers and Deputy Sheriff William P Davidson with charges they accepted protection money from bootlegger Clarence Reed on a fifty fifty basis. Reed faces a three year penitentiary term for persistent liquor law violations.
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Cofpfeyville
Kansas
B. E. Hackney
William P. Davidson
Prohibition
James QC
Dalton
Bert Ziegenfuss
Hackney
Davidson
Clarence Reed
Reed
French Aviator Mermoz Begins South American Air Mail Flight
Jean Mermoz and two crewmen departed Saint Louis Senegal at noon on a trans Atlantic air mail flight to Natal Brazil. They carry 308 pounds of mail aboard an Aero Postal sea plane with fuel for 30 hours and aim to establish a regular air route to South America.
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Saint Louis
Senegal
Jean Mermoz
South America
St. Louis
T. Mermoz
Brazil
Natal
Mermoz
D’abray
Gimie
Fernando Noronha
Aero Postal Company
State Retail Credit Ass'n Opens First Meeting Here
A mixed news page reports the first annual convention of the Louisiana Retail Credit Association opening in Hotel Virginia with about fifty members. Mayor Arnold Bernstein greets the group while R F Cisco of Hub er Motor lauds credit's role in modern business and notes the blend of skills needed by top credit managers. In Florida, Dixie Good pleads guilty to manslaughter in a hotel death of her husband, a suspected Memphis bootlegger. She is fined $500 with the fine suspended by Judge E C Love. Officials drop criminal libel charges against Florida editors Eberhardt and Kilgore related to pretrial editorials.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Dixie Good
Memphis
Goad
E. C. Love
Fred O. Eberhardt
John Kilgore
Florida State News
Eberhardt
Kilgore
Harry Thompson
Tallahasseee
Louisiana Retail Credit Association
Hotel
Virginia
S. W. Davis
Monroe
Cameo
Philip Bernhardt
Ernest Holloway
Arnold Bernstein
R. F. Cisco
Huber Motor Company
Lake Charles
Savings Bank Failure in Ittabena Attributed to Gossip
ITTABENA Miss May 12 Although the Savings Bank and Trust company of Ittabena did not open today and its liquidation was turned over to the state banking department depositors will not lose through its failure says Dr C R Moore president The bank’s failure is blamed on persistent gossip and misrepresentation by its enemies
Plans to Place Roads in State Highway System
The Louisiana legislature considers adding about a dozen roads in Ouachita parish to the state highway system. Roads include links from Okaloosa loop to Ouachita Jackson line and connections from Prairie Boeuf to highway 15, with several other routes proposed across adjacent parishes.
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M. C. Redmond
Ouachita Parish
Samuel M. Collins
Okaloosa
Ouachita- Jackson Parish
Prairie-Boeuf
Monroe-Winnsboro
Eros
Columbia
West Monroe
Drew
Monroe-Jonesboro
Winnfield
Lapine
Lamkin
Sterlington-Farmerville
Horseshoe Lake
Ouachita River
Sterlington
Phillips
Fairbanks
Highway 14
Monroe
House panel backs Reece plan on Muscle Shoals disposition
Washington May 12 The house military committee approved the report urging adoption of the Reece plan for handling Muscle Shoals and instructed Rep Reece republican Tennessee to file it to seek early action in the house.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Military Committee Today
Muscle Shoals
Reece
Tennessee
Hoyses
Mystery Girl of Greenwood Dies Unknown
Greenwood Mississippi May 12 Mystery girl Anita Cortez 18 died after an auto collision four weeks earlier. She had two leg amputations and five transfusions from occupants of the car. She was a stranger in Greenwood and spoke Spanish during delirium while refusing to reveal home or relatives. Her body held while efforts continue to locate her people.
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Greenwood
Miss
Anita Cortez
Arkansas Rivers Recede From Flood Stage Across State
Heavy rainfall pushed the Arkansas and White rivers to near flood levels in several upper reaches. Damage was mainly to highways and bridges, with some small bridges washed out and roads submerged. The Arkansas River fell at Fort Smith and below, with crest forecast at Little Rock and flood stage rising at Pine Bluff tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Fort Smith
Pine Bluff
Batesville
United States Weather Bureau
Ouachita River Flood Warning Issued For Upper Watershed
The United States Weather Bureau issued a flood warning for the upper Ouachita River. The river at Camden is indicated to reach 35 to 37 feet by May 16, above a flood stage of 30 feet. This morning the river stood at 27.4 feet and rising, with Arkadelphia’s crest earlier today around 19.2 feet and stationary at 7 this morning.
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Mississippi
St. Louis
Memphis
Naeemewenes
Helena
Arkansas City
Vicksburg
Natchez
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Atchafalaya
Melville
Missouri
Kansas City
Ohio
Cairo
Wenn
Arkansas
Little Rock
Rise
Red
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe Stam
Associated Press
United States Weather Bureau
Ouachita River
Arkadelphia
Hayes Resume Reimbursement For Forgotten Mail Transfer
T G Hayes former member of A 142nd machine gun battalion at Camp Beauregard Louisiana may receive $40. His former fiancee now wife Miss E Hoffman of New Orleans sent the money April 26 1919 before he sailed overseas. Comptroller General McCartt recommended Congress appropriate funds to reimburse Hayes after an inquiry found the money was not received.
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Washington
T. G. Hayes
142Nd
Camp Beauregard
Louisiana
McCartoday
Congress
Hayes
Ouachita Parish Delegation Split On Fournet Vote
In Baton Rouge on May 12 the Ouachita Parish delegation divided on Speaker Fournet. Forty four backed removal while 55 supported retention with 99 members present and Fournet abstaining from the vote.
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Ouachita Parish
Baton Rouge
Fournet
Alford
Ard
Armstrong
Bauer
Bonin
Burke
Calhoun
Cassagne
Cole
Delesdenier
Dugas
Ellender
Folkes
Fosse
Fruge
Gianelloni
Hawkins
Hart
Herbert
Heebe
Heintz
Hoffpauer
Holloway
Hunter
Jones
Kennedy
Lautenschlaeger
Law
Leuissier
Loeb
Lyons
Marchand
Meaux
Mor
Bogan
Chasez
Curry
Cutter
Defuentes
Douglas
Drouin
Dupre
Edwards
Frymire
Ginsberg
Hamiter
Hughes
Jordan
Mahoney
Mayewsky
Meridier
Morgan
McDermott
Pegues
Perrault
Reitmeyer
Roberts
Roscuni
Sayes
Sere
Shea
Snyder
Spencer
Stich
Sylvest
Sylvester
Walet
Weber
Wilkinson
L. L. Williams
Woods
State rests in trial of J D Barksdale river man
J D Barksdale known as the river man took the stand in his own defense after the state rested its case. Five witnesses including Mrs Ida Scott testified for the state while Police Officer J M Busby and C H Sisson plus a taxicab driver and owner were also testifying.
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J. D. Barksdale
Ida Scott
J. M. Busby
C. H. Sisson
Bandits Rob Interstate Bus in Hammond Robbery
Two masked bandits stopped an Interstate bus near East Chicago and Indiana Harbor, rifling passengers of about 2000 dollars in cash and jewelry before fleeing in a nearby car.
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Hammond
Ind
Chicago
Indiana Harbor
House Defeats Ousting Fournet as Speaker
In a 55 to 44 vote the Louisiana House rejected a motion to declare Speaker John B. Fournet vacant. Rep Joe Hamiter of Caddo led the bid, while Rev Father F L Gassler gave blessing as seven new members were sworn in. The body announced readiness for business and awaits a joint session with the Senate and Governor.
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Baton Rouge
House
John B. Fournet
Joe Hamiter
Caddo
Senate
F. L. Gassler
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
McClanahan
Caldwell
House of Representatives
Hamiter
Fournet
Fatal scuffle near Biloxi leaves one dead
In Biloxi Mississippi early today Joseph B Krohn 36 was killed near the Lamey home ten miles north of Biloxi after a dispute with Leonard Hush and Irvin Krohn over a gun. Irvin Krohn struck Joseph Krohn in the jaw causing a fatal fall that broke his neck.
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Biloxi
Miss
Joseph B. Krohn
Tony Lamey
Leonard Hush
Irvin Krohn
Lamey
Legislative news coverage by News Star and Morning Post
The News Star and Morning Post will provide complete legislative coverage via leased wires and special telegraphic service. The News Star uses AP legislative wire in addition to its regular AP service. United Press reports are available to Baton Rouge reporters, with bureau access for the Post as well.
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Eaders
News-Star
Morning Post
Associated Press
The
United Press
Baton Rouge
Post
News- Star
United Press Service
Charles A. Hazen
News-Star and Post
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Williamson
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N. Africa
State Retail Credit Ass’n
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Tallahassee Hotel
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